Chris and I went down to Oceanside today, and I took along the FZ200 to take a few pictures. This time though, rather than fill up the front page, all the pictures are below the fold. All the pics are clickable, so you can see a 1920×1280 larger version.

Chris and I went downtown to take some pictures. This time, instead of lugging around an SLR, I took my new Panasonic Lumix FZ200. It’s a 12.1 megapixel bridge camera, with a 28mm-600mm superzoom lens. I wanted to see how it would do as a walking-around camera. I think the answer is, "very well."

The Star Of India, docked in downtown San Diego.

Old advertisements

Downtown mall corridor

San Diego County Jail

A little bird

This odd building looks like an optical illusion

Chairs in a residential courtyard

A homeless man’s dog, downtown San Diego

LED marquee at the Balboa Theater

Trains at Union Station

Architectural detail of Union Station

Window reflections

Skyscraper courtyard

Architectural detail of a restored Victorian-era building

The Gaslamp District

Architectural detail, Ulysses S. Grant Hotel

Lobby, Sempra Energy building

Mosaic Wall, Horton Plaza

Park and skyline

Each window of this building has a screen that can be lowered to cover the glass

Architectural detail, Sempra Energy building

Restored Victorian-era building in the Gaslamp District

The Moon and Venus

And finally, to show you how powerful the zoom and video capabilities of this little camera are, I give you The Dog Walker.